Wool on Sunday; March 2019

Once again I’m linking in with Rainbow Hare’s monthly feature, Wool on Sunday.

This month Janine wrote about a particular project which had caused a bit of angst and then as the project was progressing well, it started to become obvious that the pretty pink yarn would run out 🤨 https://rainbowhare.com/2019/03/03/wool-on-sundays-160-an-abrupt-halt/

Originally I meant to write this particular post about something that had happened in early December, in the January post, but completely forgot and wrote about something different. 😆

So... in early December I got a message from DsD1 which featured a photo. 

The photo showed a mini Christmas stocking and regular readers would remember how each year the knitting charity group that I belong to, make and fill such stockings for distribution to the needy in the community. 

DsD1 explained that our granddaughter Abby was given the stocking at a school concert and it was indeed one of the K4BN stockings. 

Now Guluguba is a small locality near the town of Wandoan and is a long way from Brisbane. 

So I set out to find out how K4BN stockings got out that far. 

My search took me to a K4BN member Rita. Last year Rita set herself a personal challenge to Knit 1000 mini stockings...and she did. I was to find out that Rita had indeed made and filled the little stocking that Abby received. 

Rita wanted the children in one of the many drought affected areas of this country to receive her stockings. Apparently her family comes from the area and she still has family there. 

The ‘Family Courier Service’ that Rita mentioned as to how she sent filled stockings out to the area for distribution referred to family  members who travelled out there for a wedding. Then I discovered that DsD1 and Dan had gone to the same family wedding...Dan’s cousin had married Rita’s cousin's daughter!! Definitely a small world 😉😊

And I believe this generous lady is once again knitting mini stockings for K4BN. 

A bit of crafting...

Each year I attend the Christmas Market at the Karuna Hospice here in Brisbane held the last Friday of November. On the last Saturday of November, our parish also holds a Christmas Craft market and at that one I help on the day and also do baking. Well this year DH and I will be in Melbourne that week so DH can attend the World Cup of Golf as a spectator so I can’t help these markets either by spending my money or giving help, so I decided I would make things for them to sell. Due to a fair bit of grandma duty, there is not the quantity or variety that I’d hoped but every bit helps. 

Last Friday I delivered my items to Karuna...

Some little stockings decorated with buttons, yo yos or bells with loops to hang on the tree.

Some thread catchers ( Natalie Bird’s pattern) with thread snips, using some of my stash of sewing themed fabrics. Using the fabrics eases the guilt of having so much in my stash! Lol


And that mohair throw that has been written about in the odd Wool on Sunday post. A modest amount of my Jo Sharp mohair has been used up so again the ‘stash guilt’ is eased. 🤣


And tonight I finished the items that I’m donating to the Parish Christmas Market. No throw for them as no more are finished but I did give them 2 for July’s Art Show.

So more thread catchers...

Placed in cello bags make them look a bit smart 😉. And again I added cutters/snips.


More Xmas stockings but this time I added a lollipop to each cello package. (I bought the bag of lollipops in case local children came around on Hallowe’en. They didn’t so now the sweets are leaving our house!) 

I really enjoyed making these simple items; it was just like the old days when I used to do a lot of craft for school and church fundraising. Funny how one gets out of the habit.

So now DH and I have our Melbourne trip to look forward to (leaving Tuesday morning) and then a drive over to Adelaide for a few days before arriving home on Dec 2. It will be lovely 😊